New Delhi: In the early hours of Saturday (March 6), a moderate earthquake shook Ladakh. The earthquake registered at a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter Scale, according to the National Center for Seismology.


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The tremors were felt at 5:11 am in Ladakh, no injuries have been reported yet.


News agency ANI quoted the National Center for Seismology saying that an earthquake of magnitude 3.6 on the Richter Scale hit Ladakh at 5:11 am. The depth of the earthquake was recorded to be 200 kilometres.


Earlier on Friday, New Zealand felt tremors and issued a tsunami warning as it register an earthquake of 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. It was one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history that triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate coastal areas.


Small tsunami waves were seen, but little damage was apparent hours later.


 


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